My mission is to provide a scientific approach to aspiring permaculture enthusiasts who value the truth above all in order to significantly improve their life experience i.e., balancing with nature (for truth / reality, justice, peace or natural order, health, and life in that order while shunning lies / virtual reality, injustice, chaos or artificial order, disease, and demoralization / death in that order). Due to my comprehensive integrative systemic scientific approach (described further below) I should be able to help most every eligible advisee (seeking advice) and in different issues and contexts, except those needing or interested in detailed technical assistance.
This service has the eligibility requirements including the advisee having a background of practice in at least
conventional permaculture for a few or more years (intermediate to advanced level experience), with some significant
achievement yet having encountered some major challenges in their journey which they may have difficulty in overcoming.
You should be willing and able to critically reassess your approach with research and consultation, in order to advance
this lifestyle to a significantly more productive level in terms of quality, quantity, and sustainability.
We use a scientific dialectic / holistic systemic complexity-oriented dynamic thinking approach, cognizant of
the complex interconnections and interactions of all issues and elements, looking at problems as evolving and resolving
based on multivariable / dynamic factors and relationships (in contrast to the dogmatic metaphysical or detached
reductive / mechanical simplistic static thinking approach).
This requires significant knowledge of a wide variety of subjects / factors and their interactions through time and space,
ultimately recognizing and yielding to the dominant role of nature / natural law (aka law of consequences / logic).
This thinking approach and the vast knowledge base (i.e., removal of "compartmentalization" or separation / detachment
from nature / reality) would enable one to recognize and resolve more complex issues as well as predict the short and
long-term consequences.
Thus, this service could be considered as a "permaculture design" service, except applied much more broadly and systematically to most all aspects of life (engaged in complex dynamic interaction) to make it worthy of the word permaculture – a cultural practice rooted in everything nature and natural in order to sustain itself / life through the ages with relative permanence (permanence that only nature can claim).
The key to potential success of this endeavor depends in a large part on the appropriate qualification and motivation of the person seeking the consultation in line with the genuine permaculture directive, rational and critical dialogues with the adviser, and discipline in implementing cognitive and behavioral tasks to implement changes necessary to help manifest the necessary changes and results and advance (systematically, starting individually and increasingly socioeconmically and environmentally). Thus, a certain level of familiarity and experience with the aforementioned thinking approach and concepts is required (e.g., natural law / law of consequences / logic, dialectic / holistic thinking vs. metaphysical / reductive / mechanical thinking, classical trivium method of thinking, critical thinking and logic vs. fallacies, evaluation of objective truth vs. subjective / emotional "truth" by evidence and logic, system thinking, multivariable complexity thinking, dynamic thinking, etc.). Furthermore, an openness to new ways of thinking (based on objective life-affirming consequences) and acquiring knowledge about a variety of subjects / fields of knowledge is essential. Additionally, a certain level of life-affirming knowledge about the world (both the artificial and the natural) is required along with some life experience, skills, and resources – including having experience in conventional "permaculture" realizing some of the limitations which may be hindering progress to a more authentic permaculture with more effective, productive, profound, extensive, durable systemic results. Other aspects may be necessary to assess and analyze (e.g., physical and mental health, socioeconomic skills and relations, environmental interactions, etc.) depending on the goals and identified tasks. However, depending on the sensitive nature of the issues, some of these issues may have to be addressed later if obstacles are noted and / or the advisee has gained enough competence at least in the core principles to address these other factors independently.
During the evaluation process, using emails and chat interviews, I will ask the advisee to describe their general
situation and the type and purpose of the advice they are seeking, and present some proof of experience / qualification /
eligibility (according to the criteria set above) to justify their suitability for this type and level of consultation service.
If the eligibility requirements are met, we will then set an interview to discuss the details and answer any
questions before a more formal engagement.